Gujarat: Two arrested for assaulting 15-year-old Dalit boy in Ahmedabad

Gujarat: Two arrested for assaulting 15-year-old Dalit boy in Ahmedabad

A 15-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly beaten up by two persons after his father refused to dispose cattle carcasses in Bhavda village of Ahmedabad.

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India Today Web Desk

New Delhi

August 20, 2016

UPDATED: September 25, 2016 11:28 IST

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HIGHLIGHTS

15-year-old Dalit boy attacked by two in Bhavda village of Ahmedabad.

Police have arrested two persons in connection with the incident.

Boy was attacked after his father refused to dispose cattle carcasses.

Over a month after four Dalits were thrashed in public view in Gujarat's Una town, yet another shocking incident of Dalit atrocity has come to light in the state.

A 15-year-old boy was allegedly beaten up by two men in Bhavda village of Daskroi taluka in Ahmedabad district after his father refused to dispose cattle carcasses in the village.

The boy's father Dinesh Parmar filed a complaint with the Kanbha police following the incident. The police arrested two persons identified as Sahil Thakore and Sarvarkhan Pathan in connection with the incident.

"A case has been registered under the Prevention of Atrocities Act and other provisions of the Indian Penal Code," said an official from the Kanbha police station.

The victim, Harsh Parmar, a standard 10 student was sitting with a friend in their locality known as Vankavas when the two accused also from the same village approached him.BOY ABUSED AND ATTACKED

Dinesh told the police that the duo started abusing his son after he refused to remove the carcasses in response to a call by Dalit organization protesting against the flogging of four youths in Una, Saurashtra.

Dalits in many villages in Gujarat have stopped cleaning up cattle carcasses after the Una incident as part of a pledge to do so.

"Removing carcasses was our traditional work but after the Una incident, I took a pledge to give it up. I now depend solely on the daily wages I earn for a living," said Dinesh Parmar.

The police said that the two accused persons had an argument with Harsh and his friend, following which they thrashed him. "It was a minor scuffle, however, we took Harsh to the hospital for a first-aid check," said a police official.

VICTIM TRAUMATISED

The incident left Harsh traumatised and he was sent to his aunt's house in Vastral area in Ahmedabad.

"My son was traumatised by the incident and he was not ready to stay in the village. So I had to send him to my sister's place," said Dinesh Parmar.